Monday, October 17, 2011

Small world and online personnas

I went to see my friend Steve yesterday. Steve runs World of Okonomy's Blog, which I had added to the blogroll. He's an excellent cook and a very talented photographer, so you'll see some fantastic recipies and beautiful pictures of the end result.

I knew about his blog since he started it, and I check in regularly, though I lurk and I don't comment. Just think, OOOHH PRETTY FOOD. We hung out yesterday--I had a bunch of stuff from the CSA that I knew I wasn't going to have time to cook before my next pickup (long story; this will be more of a baking week than anything) and Steve, being a dedicated cook and a faithful vegetarian, would welcome the rainbow chard and kale and daikon and delicata squash. Would my vegetables become famous? We'll see. . .(no, Steve, I swear it's not a requirement).

So we were poking around in an old timey general store near his home (actually, we went to several places--they Wayside Inn Grist Mill, the Wayside Inn (that's Longfellow in the picture, I snapped that in the garden of the Inn), the old schoolhouse nearby, Martha-Mary Chapel (which has been in several films), and the very old-timey Wayside country store neaby, where I got a huge bottle of anise extract (which will be great since I will be baking biscotti). If anyone who's reading this finds themselves west of Boston, in the Sudbury-Marlboro area, you should check these sites out. The Grist Mill is still a working mill; they grind the wheat the Inn (a nonprofit) uses in its restaurant and sells in its gift shop. It's a beautiful area, one of those hidden gems that first-time visitors don't often know about. Well, readers, if you are a first time visitor to Massachusetts, make the trip out there and buck the trend.

Turns out, Stephen saw I linked to him, read the blog, liked it, but had no idea that the Pamela who wrote it was the same woman he knows in real life. We had a good laugh about that--I figured he had known exactly who it was. Then again, this joint is a very different thing for me, so . . . I guess I can see why he wouldn't make the connection.

Small, funny world we live in, eh?

Edited to add: I completely forgot to mention Steve's homemade apple crisp, which is what will happen when I write before the bleeding sun rises. I forget things. Anyway, it was divine. He sent some home with me. I would have taken a picture to show you the deliciousness, but alas, I have already eaten it. For breakfast. (WHAT. Is that bad??)

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This blog is called Feral Homemaking because unlike other blogs out there, I am not a stay-at-home mom (no kids, actually, though I love being an aunt) or a full-time homemaker. I work a paying job that I quite enjoy. I was never one of those people who couldn't do basic things like laundry, but I had a lot to learn, and am still learning.
This blog is for anyone--anyone at all--who enjoys cooking, who wants to pick up different ways to save money, or who wants to improve their homemaking skills. Even if you work full time, you have to eventually have to do this stuff.
At any rate, you'll all feel better about the skills you already have since, frankly, you'll hear more about my misadventures than my triumphs.